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  • 61Stationariness — Sta tion*a*ri*ness ( [asl]*r[i^]*n[e^]s), n. The quality or state of being stationary; fixity. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 62The Holy League — League League (l[=e]g), n. [F. ligue, LL. liga, fr. L. ligare to bind; cf. Sp. liga. Cf. {Ally} a confederate, {Ligature}.] 1. An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, organizations, or persons, for the accomplishment of a… …

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  • 63The land league — League League (l[=e]g), n. [F. ligue, LL. liga, fr. L. ligare to bind; cf. Sp. liga. Cf. {Ally} a confederate, {Ligature}.] 1. An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, organizations, or persons, for the accomplishment of a… …

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  • 64To fume away — Fume Fume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fuming}.] [Cf. F. fumer, L. fumare to smoke. See {Fume}, n.] 1. To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor. [1913 Webster] Where the golden… …

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  • 65resolve — I. verb (resolved; resolving) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin resolvere to unloose, dissolve, from re + solvere to loosen, release more at solve Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. obsolete dissolve, melt 2 …

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  • 66Arminianism — is a school of soteriological thought within Protestant Christianity based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius (1560 1609) [Magnusson, Magnus (ed). Chambers Biographical Dictionary (Chambers: Cambridge… …

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  • 67Creation science — or scientific creationism is a movement within creationism which attempts to use scientific means to disprove the accepted scientific theories on the history of the Earth, cosmology and biological evolution and prove the Genesis account of… …

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  • 68Karlheinz Stockhausen — (22 August 1928 ndash; 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important (Barrett 1988, 45; Harvey 1975b, 705; Hopkins 1972, 33; Klein 1968, 117) but also controversial (Power 1990, 30) composers… …

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  • 69Louis Agassiz — Born May 28, 1807(1807 05 28) Haut Vully, Switzerland …

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  • 70Cordelia Chase — Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel character Producers sought Carpenter for a final appearance in the 100th episode of Angel (pictured above) to return the show and its characters to their original concerns …

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